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e-Chug is a brief confidential seff-assessment tool, designed to give students personalized feedback about their alcohol use. The basic intervention/assessment takes about 20-30 minutes to complete and review. It draws on Motivational Interviewing (Miller & Rollnick, 2002) and Social Norms feedback theories (Haines & Spear, 1996)

The Feedback that is included with the assessmet is as follows:

Quantity and Frequency of Drinking & Calorie Intake

Amount Consumed and Peek BAC

Norm Comparisons

Amount and percent of income spent on alcohol

Tolerance level

Negative consequences of alcohol use

Genetic risk score explanation, advice and local referral information

NOTE: WellU® Participants must complete the PRVC and answer the open-ended questions at the end of the assessment summary( click on the green check mark) After completion of the assessment and PRVC, participants must send a SEPARATE email notification to Kathryn Steward: kathryn.steward@wku.edu.